WRITERS Four provocative haiku and a tanka from the Haiku Poets of Northern California, who'll be reading at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Anthony's Cookies (1417 Valencia, SF) as part of LitQuake's massive citywide Litcrawl. Check out www.litquake.com for more info, and www.hpnc.org for more on HPNC, including a contest.

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twilight

the poultry truck returns

with empty cages

— Carolyn Hall

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Evening fragrance

we walk among

the moonflowers

— Garry Gay

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water —

clear enough

to hide all secrets

— David Grayson

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Hiroshima day

multi-color threads

on the weaving machine

— Fay Aoyagi

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artichoke season

sharing my heart

I try

to slice it

evenly

— Susan Antolin